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Not a Lullaby
Not a Lullaby
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Challenge: Film Noir (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi
Lens: Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Location: san francisco
Date: Aug 8, 2011
Aperture: 7.1
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Family, Urban
Date Uploaded: Aug 8, 2011

 Convert from RAW, heavy crop, convert to Black and White and apply Viveza 2 & Silver Efex (Pull process N-1)

Details on this one are rather interesting. I was driving through the Mission District of my city on Monday, and stopped for a red light, when I saw this guy with a guitar just playing his heart out. I managed, with my 70-300 lens, to get 3 or 4 shots through the windshield, before the light changed. When I got home, this rather poignant image was on one of the frames.
fortunately, my windshield was fairly clean and the Black & White processing helped too.

The expressions on the mother and child will haunt me for a long time. This is what I remember "Film Noir" as being like when I first encountered it "way back when."

Threatening music and a terrified audience.

(Even though, in real life here, that could not have been the case.)

Statistics
Place: 99 out of 106
Avg (all users): 4.3039
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 4.1346
Avg (non-participants): 4.3721
Views since voting: 497
Views during voting: 375
Votes: 181
Comments: 10
Favorites: 0

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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 08/17/2011 12:33:14 AM
this should have scored higher but ... it's a wonderful capture and that is what makes it truly amazing .. not a cheesy set up shot like mine (grin)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D700
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 08/16/2011 11:52:09 PM
7 for a very strange photo !
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5DS R
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
 08/16/2011 12:00:38 AM
Great street shot, not noir for me, but love it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Fujifilm X30
Custom Made Pinhole
 08/15/2011 04:38:21 PM
Cool!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sigma DP1x
08/14/2011 06:16:51 PM
Not noir. But strange. I like it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 08/12/2011 01:46:29 PM
This seems like a candid shot that doesn't feel like a 'film noir' shot at all. I think it's hilarious that the mother and baby seem to have exactly the same expression!
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Canon EOS-500D Rebel T1i
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
 08/11/2011 09:30:13 PM
I don't care for this for this particular challenge but the image itself is amazing!!! No vote
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Apple iPhone 6s+
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 08/11/2011 09:18:09 AM
LOL
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D300
Nikon MF 24mm f/2.8 AIS
 08/11/2011 07:13:04 AM
out of focus...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Apple iPhone 15 Pro
 08/10/2011 12:30:04 PM
Don,t really see this at all,sorry.
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